Country Profile:
French Table Tennis / Français Tennis de Table

As the current French stars reach their forties
(such as Damien Eloi, Patrick Chila, Jean-Philippe Gatien and Christophe Legout), France will
have to look for new youth to replace their role. So how is the French youth doing
on the international scene? As of late 2009, the girls' team is ranked
11th, while the boys' team is ranked 6th.

Previous Stars

Rankings as of September 2009

Eloi Damien
World Rank: 62 DOB 1969

Patrick Chila
World Rank: 66 DOB 1969

Jean-Philippe Gatien
World Rank: retired DOB: 1968

Other players: Christopher Legout (53)

Results

World Team Results: Men

1997 Men's World Team Finalists

1994 Men's World Team Cup Third Place

1991 Men's World Team Cup Third Place

1991 Men's World Team Third Place

1953 Men's World Team Third Place

1950 Men's World Team Third Place

1949 Women's World Team Third Place

1948 Men's World Team Finalists

1947 Men's World Team Third Place

1936 Men's World Team Third Place

Olympics: Men

2000 Doubles Bronze

1992 Singles Silver (Gatien)

World Championhips: Men

1994 Men's World Cup Winner (Gatien)

1993 Men's Champion (Gatien)

1991 Men's World Cup Finalist (Gatien)

History of table tennis in France

We have not yet found a good source for the history of the sport in France.
If we do, we will complement this information in the future.